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17-letter words containing a, t, e, m, o

  • antimycobacterial — (medicine) That counteracts the effects of mycobacteria.
  • anytime algorithm — (algorithm)   An algorithm that returns a sequence of approximations to the correct answer such that each approximation is no worse than the previous one, i.e. the algorithm can be stopped at _any time_. x = (x + b / x) / 2 Each new x is closer to the square root than the previous one. Applications might include a real-time control system or a chess program that is allowed a fixed thinking time.
  • apartment complex — An apartment complex is a group of buildings that contain apartments and are managed by the same company.
  • apparent movement — the sensation of seeing movement when nothing actually moves in the environment, as when two neighbouring lights are switched on and off in rapid succession
  • armaments factory — a factory for producing armaments
  • armature reaction — a change in the magnetic field of a dynamo caused by the magnetic field induced by the current flowing through the armature.
  • assessment method — a way of assessing something or someone
  • astronomical year — year (def 4b).
  • at someone's feet — as someone's disciple
  • at someone's hand — from
  • at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
  • attachment theory — a set of concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child’s behavioral and emotional development into adulthood. See also attachment (def 3a).
  • aurea mediocritas — the golden mean.
  • automated testing — (testing)   Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • automatic vending — selling goods by vending machines
  • autonomous system — (networking, routing)   (AS) A collection of routers under a single administrative authority, using a common Interior Gateway Protocol for routing packets.
  • aviation medicine — the branch of medicine concerned with the effects on man of flight in the earth's atmosphere
  • baltimore clipper — a small, fast American sailing vessel of the early 19th century, having a sharp hull form and two masts with a pronounced rake and carrying a brig or schooner rig.
  • beat the drum for — to attempt to arouse interest in
  • benjamin-constant — Henri Benjamin [ahn-ree ban-zha-man] /ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Benjamin Constant) 1767–1830, French statesman and author, born in Switzerland.
  • benoit mandelbrot — (person)   /ben'wa man'dl-bro/ Benoit B. Mandelbrot. The IBM scientist who wrote several original books on fractals and gave his name to the set he was discovered, the Mandelbrot set and coined the term "fractal" in 1975 from the Latin fractus or "to break".
  • binet-simon scale — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
  • biological mother — the mother who gave birth to a child
  • biopharmaceutical — of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
  • bitter almond oil — almond oil (def 2).
  • bitter-almond-oil — Also called sweet almond oil, expressed almond oil. a colorless to pale yellow fatty oil expressed from the seeds of the sweet almond, used in preparing perfumes and confections.
  • blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
  • blue dog democrat — a fiscally conservative member of the Democratic Party
  • board of estimate — a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.
  • bohemian brethren — a Protestant Christian sect formed in the 15th century from various Hussite groups, which rejected oaths and military service and advocated a pure and disciplined spiritual life. It was reorganized in 1722 as the Moravian Church
  • bombardier beetle — any of various small carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus, esp B. crepitans of Europe, which defend themselves by ejecting a jet of volatile fluid
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • brocot escapement — a type of anchor escapement.
  • bronze star medal — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in combat not involving aerial flight
  • brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
  • bureau of customs — former name of the United States Customs Service.
  • bury the tomahawk — to stop fighting; make peace
  • by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
  • cage zone melting — zone melting of a square bar of the material to be purified, done so that the impurities are concentrated at the corners.
  • calcium carbonate — a white crystalline salt occurring in limestone, chalk, marble, calcite, coral, and pearl: used in the production of lime and cement. Formula: CaCO3
  • calcium gluconate — a white, tasteless, water-soluble powder, CaC 12 H 22 O 14 , used as a dietary supplement to provide calcium.
  • calcium phosphate — the insoluble nonacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid (phosphoric(V) acid): it occurs in bones and is the main constituent of bone ash. Formula: Ca3(PO4)2
  • california nutmeg — a tall, pungently aromatic California evergreen tree, Torreya californica, of the yew family, having a fissured, gray-brown bark and small, purple-streaked, green fruit.
  • calomel electrode — a reference electrode consisting of calomel, mercury, and a solution of potassium chloride.
  • camberwell carrot — a large, almost conical, marijuana cigarette
  • cardiac tamponade — tamponade (def 2).
  • cardiac-tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
  • case-study method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
  • cellular automata — cellular automaton
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